Headlines May
Two patients died after power outage at Maastricht hospital
In the university hospital of Maastricht, two patients died after their oxygen supply was cut during a power outage.
A spokesperson for MUMC Maastricht confirms this after reporting by De Telegraaf. The newspaper writes that it concerns two corona patients, but the hospital says that this is still unclear.
It is also still being investigated whether there is a connection between the power outage and the death, or whether there is a coincidence or another medical cause. The inspectorate is investigating the incident.
Emergency power did not work
The power outage happened in the night from Thursday to Friday in a nursing ward. There were people with covid-19 as well as other patients, says the hospital spokesperson. Normally, the emergency power supply is activated in the event of a failure. Why that didn't happen this time is still under investigation.As a result of the malfunction, the medical equipment failed, including the Optiflow with which extra oxygen is administered. Subsequently, the condition of the two seriously ill patients deteriorated, the hospital said. "In the end, both patients passed away. We deeply regret this and sympathize with the relatives of the patients. They are offered help in coping with this loss."
Victims
The newspaper reports that the two victims are Maastricht residents. The first was a 76-year-old who is said to have died the same night. The second person was a 67-year-old man who died on Saturday afternoon. "My uncle was admitted on Monday," the niece of the 67-year-old told De Telegraaf. "Three days later he was doing very well. Even the pulmonologist was surprised that he managed so well. And a day later, on Friday, a doctor suddenly said that he was in the last phase. How is this possible? "
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2379029-twee-patienten-overleden-na-stroomstoring-ziekenhuis-maastricht
Work of installer of solar panels postoned
The SZW Inspectorate has shut down the activities of a company in Gelderland that installs solar panels on roofs for a month. The company has been fined repeatedly in recent years for failing to protect employees from falling when installing solar panels at a height of 2.5 meters or more. The shutdown went into effect on April 28 and is intended to prevent the company from going wrong again.
In mid-December 2020, inspectors carried out an inspection in the Amsterdam region. They found that an employee of the company was on the sloping roof of the building and that there was a risk of falling. The employee was standing in the gutter and was fixing a solar panel on the roof just above the gutter. The fall height was between 3 and 4.5 meters. There were no facilities such as a safe scaffolding, effective fencing or railings to counteract the risk of falling. Because, according to the inspectors, there was a serious danger to persons, an oral order was given to stop the work immediately.
The company has thereby violated Article 3.16 of the Working Conditions Decree. This states that an employer must take measures if there is a risk of falling from 2.5 meters or more. It is the third time since 2015 that the company has committed the same violation. The company has already been fined two times and has been warned that in the event of a third violation, its activities could be stopped as a preventive measure. These fine reports show that the company has not made a structural effort to prevent violations of Article 3.16 of the Working Conditions Decree by taking adequate measures. Stopping activities prevents further recidivism.
Source: https://www.inspectieszw.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/04/29/werkzaamheden-van-installateur-van-zonnepanelen-stilgelegd
Production of BMWs and Minis in Born halted 'due to chip shortage'
Due to a lack of electronic chips, the Dutch car manufacturer VDL Nedcar has shut down production since Thursday, writes NRC.
"An electronic component was not available," confirms a company spokesperson in Born, Limburg. He doesn't specifically say it's related to the chip shortage. Without these parts the cars cannot be made. That is why about 3,000 employees stayed at home on Thursday and Friday, three quarters of the employees in Born. They are expected to start again on Monday. More forced production stops may follow. Production plans to catch up with the company later this year. The global chip shortage mainly affects the car industry, it emerged earlier this year . Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan and Honda all faced problems.
Hospitals
In the meantime, Philips fears that it will have to stop production of equipment to treat cardiac arrests in the short term because of the chip shortage. "Of course we do not want to get into a situation in which we will not be able to supply hospitals because no equipment can be made," CEO Frans van Houten told the NOS.
Source: https://nos.nl/l/2378951
In the university hospital of Maastricht, two patients died after their oxygen supply was cut during a power outage.
A spokesperson for MUMC Maastricht confirms this after reporting by De Telegraaf. The newspaper writes that it concerns two corona patients, but the hospital says that this is still unclear.
It is also still being investigated whether there is a connection between the power outage and the death, or whether there is a coincidence or another medical cause. The inspectorate is investigating the incident.
Emergency power did not work
The power outage happened in the night from Thursday to Friday in a nursing ward. There were people with covid-19 as well as other patients, says the hospital spokesperson. Normally, the emergency power supply is activated in the event of a failure. Why that didn't happen this time is still under investigation.As a result of the malfunction, the medical equipment failed, including the Optiflow with which extra oxygen is administered. Subsequently, the condition of the two seriously ill patients deteriorated, the hospital said. "In the end, both patients passed away. We deeply regret this and sympathize with the relatives of the patients. They are offered help in coping with this loss."
Victims
The newspaper reports that the two victims are Maastricht residents. The first was a 76-year-old who is said to have died the same night. The second person was a 67-year-old man who died on Saturday afternoon. "My uncle was admitted on Monday," the niece of the 67-year-old told De Telegraaf. "Three days later he was doing very well. Even the pulmonologist was surprised that he managed so well. And a day later, on Friday, a doctor suddenly said that he was in the last phase. How is this possible? "
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2379029-twee-patienten-overleden-na-stroomstoring-ziekenhuis-maastricht
Work of installer of solar panels postoned
The SZW Inspectorate has shut down the activities of a company in Gelderland that installs solar panels on roofs for a month. The company has been fined repeatedly in recent years for failing to protect employees from falling when installing solar panels at a height of 2.5 meters or more. The shutdown went into effect on April 28 and is intended to prevent the company from going wrong again.
In mid-December 2020, inspectors carried out an inspection in the Amsterdam region. They found that an employee of the company was on the sloping roof of the building and that there was a risk of falling. The employee was standing in the gutter and was fixing a solar panel on the roof just above the gutter. The fall height was between 3 and 4.5 meters. There were no facilities such as a safe scaffolding, effective fencing or railings to counteract the risk of falling. Because, according to the inspectors, there was a serious danger to persons, an oral order was given to stop the work immediately.
The company has thereby violated Article 3.16 of the Working Conditions Decree. This states that an employer must take measures if there is a risk of falling from 2.5 meters or more. It is the third time since 2015 that the company has committed the same violation. The company has already been fined two times and has been warned that in the event of a third violation, its activities could be stopped as a preventive measure. These fine reports show that the company has not made a structural effort to prevent violations of Article 3.16 of the Working Conditions Decree by taking adequate measures. Stopping activities prevents further recidivism.
Source: https://www.inspectieszw.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/04/29/werkzaamheden-van-installateur-van-zonnepanelen-stilgelegd
Production of BMWs and Minis in Born halted 'due to chip shortage'
Due to a lack of electronic chips, the Dutch car manufacturer VDL Nedcar has shut down production since Thursday, writes NRC.
"An electronic component was not available," confirms a company spokesperson in Born, Limburg. He doesn't specifically say it's related to the chip shortage. Without these parts the cars cannot be made. That is why about 3,000 employees stayed at home on Thursday and Friday, three quarters of the employees in Born. They are expected to start again on Monday. More forced production stops may follow. Production plans to catch up with the company later this year. The global chip shortage mainly affects the car industry, it emerged earlier this year . Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan and Honda all faced problems.
Hospitals
In the meantime, Philips fears that it will have to stop production of equipment to treat cardiac arrests in the short term because of the chip shortage. "Of course we do not want to get into a situation in which we will not be able to supply hospitals because no equipment can be made," CEO Frans van Houten told the NOS.
Source: https://nos.nl/l/2378951
Translated from Dutch to English with Google translate